A female police officer on patrol on the High Street in Hounslow single-handedly arrested a boy carrying two knives.
PC Grayson of the Hounslow town centre team who was alone at the time is extremely ‘worried’ about young people and knife crime, after a 17-year-old boy was caught with dangerous weapons in the middle of the day.
PC Grayson said: “I felt extremely worried that somebody of that young age was carrying such a dangerous weapon on Hounslow High Street at 1pm in the afternoon.
“There were two weapons a large knife and a locking knife.”
One of the knives was just under 30cm long and the sharp blade was about half the length at around 15cm.
A Hounslow Police spokesman added: “The officer was on her own when she detained the male. Great work by PC Grayson.”
A boy aged 17 has been charged with two offences; possession of an offensive weapon and being in possession of a bladed article.
Police in Hounslow have vowed to increase efforts to hunt down people carrying weapons as they announced a two -week knife amnesty last week.
Meanwhile the recent arrest shows Hounslow's borough commander chief superintendent Raj Kohli's pledge to step up efforts to tackle knife crime are working.
He explains about clamping down on the crime in this video.
Last week, a warrant was issued for the arrest of a teenager involved in a knifepoint robbery in Hanworth.
In April, Hounslow police investigated reports of suspects seen carrying knives in Hounslow town centre.
